削职 Origin — Chinese Character Wiki

xuē, xiāo scrape off

Phonosemantic compound. 刂 represents the meaning and 肖 represents the sound.

Components

刂 Meaning component

dāo knife

刂 is a component form of 刀.

肖 Sound component

xiào look like

Character Evolution

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	sræwH	[sˤ]rewk-s	zone near the capital
	sjak	[s]ewk	scrape, pare
	sjewH	[s]ewk-s	scrape, pare
Zhengzhang		slewɢ
Unicode	siɑk

說文解字

鞞也。一曰析也。从刀肖聲。

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

zhí duty Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 耳 represents the meaning and 只 represents the sound. Simplified form of 職.

Components

耳 Meaning component

ěr ear

只 Sound component

zhǐ, zhī only

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode

zhí duty Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 耳 represents the meaning and 戠 represents the sound.

Components

耳 Meaning component

ěr ear

戠 Sound component

zhī, zhí to gather

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Early Warring States ~400 BC

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Sound (0 of 1 verified)

蘵

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	tsyik	tək	duties of office

說文解字

《說文》：“職，記微也。从耳，戠聲。”

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

削 xuē, xiāo scrape off

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說文解字

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职 zhí duty Simplified

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職 zhí duty Traditional

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Sound (0 of 1 verified)

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說文解字

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xuē, xiāo scrape off

zhí duty Simplified

zhí duty Traditional